{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Petrophonics | type = album | artist = Birdsongs of the Mesozoic | cover = Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Petrophonics.jpg | alt = | released = September 19, 2000 | recorded = June 1999 – April 2000 Sounds Interesting, Middleborough, Massachusetts | venue = | studio = | genre = Progressive rock | length = 66:18 | label = Cuneiform | producer = Birdsongs of the Mesozoic | prev_title = Dancing on A'A | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = The Iridium Controversy | next_year = 2003 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=François |last=Couture |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r495728|pure_url=yes}}|title=Petrophonics |website=Allmusic |accessdate=November 24, 2012}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' |rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="altpress">{{cite magazine |last=columnist |title=Petrophonics |magazine=Alternative Press |date=March 2001 |page=70 }}</ref>
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'''''Petrophonics''''' is the fifth studio album by rock band Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. It was released on September 19, 2000 through Cuneiform Records.
== Track listing == {{track listing | title1 = Petrophonics | writer1 = Michael Bierylo | length1 = 6:17 | title2 = Ptoccata II | writer2 = Erik Lindgren | length2 = 5:14 | title3 = One Hundred Cycles | writer3 = Ken Field | length3 = 5:23 | title4 = Nevergreen | writer4 = Erik Lindgren | length4 = 7:32 | title5 = Study of Unintended Consequences | writer5 = Rick Scott | length5 = 4:25 | title6 = Birdhead | writer6 = Erik Lindgren | length6 = 4:00 | title7 = Allswell That Endswell in Roswell | writer7 = Michael Bierylo | length7 = 6:53 }} {{track listing | headline = Music Inspired by 1001 Real Apes | title8 = Time Marches on Theme | writer8 = Erik Lindgren | length8 = 3:15 | title9 = Dinosaurs Theme | writer9 = Erik Lindgren | length9 = 3:34 | title10 = Gravity Theme | writer10 = Erik Lindgren | length10 = 6:29 | title11 = Quincy Sore Throat Theme | writer11 = Erik Lindgren | length11 = 3:57 }} {{track listing | headline = The Insidious Revenge of Ultima Thule | title12 = Part One | writer12 = Erik Lindgren | length12 = 2:28 | title13 = Part Two | writer13 = Erik Lindgren | length13 = 3:25 | title14 = Part Three | writer14 = Erik Lindgren | length14 = 3:26 }}
== Personnel == ;Birdsongs of the Mesozoic *Michael Bierylo – guitar, percussion *Ken Field – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, synthesizer, percussion *Erik Lindgren – piano, organ, synthesizer, sampler, drum programming, percussion, photography *Rick Scott – clarinet, synthesizer, electronic drums, percussion ;Additional musicians and production *Birdsongs of the Mesozoic – production
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